Just came home from watching this movie. It's an A+, 5/5, 10/10, 100/100; whatever your rating system is, it's the highest on that list. If anybody else watches it, don't be surprised to have your mind blown.

Just came home from watching this movie. It's an A+, 5/5, 10/10, 100/100; whatever your rating system is, it's the highest on that list. If anybody else watches it, don't be surprised to have your mind blown.

Only watched the trailer, but i think i can guess the plot.

Hugh Jackman and Howard are life long frds
there family are frds too
on thanksgiving their daughters get kidnapped
everyone suspects the weird dude caught by the trailer
not enough evidence to hold the weird dude
jackman is convinced he has or killed their daughters
jackman kidnaps weird dude and tortures weird dude
at first howard is against this but later joins in
turns out weird dude was innocent
they tortured an innocent man, and their daughters were killed by someone they trusted

Hugh Jackman and Howard are life long frds
there family are frds too
on thanksgiving their daughters get kidnapped
everyone suspects the weird dude caught by the trailer
not enough evidence to hold the weird dude
jackman is convinced he has or killed their daughters
jackman kidnaps weird dude and tortures weird dude
at first howard is against this but later joins in
turns out weird dude was innocent
they tortured an innocent man, and their daughters were killed by someone they trusted

am i close?

Close but no, you have to watch it to understand it.

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Originally Posted by raiderfan19

raiderfan19 It is good. Until the ending, which is absolutely terrible

I thought they ended the movie really well. It was as big of a twist as they could've made it.

It was a tight script overall without too many plot holes or logical inconsistencies. Jackman was solid, did a little too much yelling and indicating for my liking (the constant hand shaking and banging inanimate objects in particular ), Gylenhaal was alright, the supporting cast was great overall with Viola Davis and Paul Dano as the standouts.

The cinematography was on point and helped to maintain that dreary, dark mood. There was a constant overcast sky, rain, etc. And certain shots that experimented with light and shadows definitely added to the atmosphere.

I figured out the major twist relatively early in the story, but it didn't really take away from my enjoyment of everything on screen.

The only issues I had were (SPOILERS AHEAD) 1) I thought it fell flat with their attempt to bring religion into the story. They had a lame 'war against God' angle to try to explain the kidnappings and have that be the motive. They had the priest kill Adam's 'uncle' and keep him in his crawl space when logically, he would've just gone to the police with that info. I know they were pushing the whole everyone turns into a monster when faced with the 'war against God' thing, but I just thought it was stupid. But I guess the plot needed that little contrivance and it wasn't too far-fetched so I guess the writers get a pass.

2) I wish they had expanded Loki's story more. He seemed to have an interesting backstory (the tattoos, eye twitch, etc) but they never really got into it.

This was my take from the Rate The Last Movie thread. I didn't have nearly the issue with the ending some did, as mentioned here. I agree with Don Dadda about wishing Gylenhaal's Loki was blown out. But I did have a few plot inconsistency issues. I didn't have a ton of problems with the religious angle, because to me it wasn't all that pervasive.

I went with a buddy to see Prisoner last night. It's the first thing I've seen at the theatre since I hurt my leg, and I love the movies. Frankly it wasn't as highly regarded as the movies I usually see. It's at like 78 on RT. But he and I both are into true crime, so it's in our wheelhouse.*First, the Saturday Night movie experience isn't really my thing. I'm more of a matinee guy. It was packed. And in certain cases, like comedy, or in a suspense like this, I find the ambient buzz of a crowd to be a benefit. However I got stuck in front of two horrible people who spent the movie reassuring each other what they'd figured out.Anyway. I found it pretty enjoyable. Paul Dano was great as the creepy weirdo. And there is a second creepy weirdo who's also great. Wolverine is superbly intense. And a crushed Maria Bello I felt was underplayed in what I read after the fact. Gyllenhaal I'm up in the air about. They intentionally leave a lot of background about him out, which I wasn't crazy about, yet he totally owns a few scenes. His character is a little like his Zodiac Robert Graysmith in the way he unravels with obsession, but much more intense.*Stylistically I thought it was excellent. Gray and dreary late fall Pennsylvania. Some really nicely syllouetted shots. It has an eerie tone, and is quite scary, even though it's not scary, if that makes sense.*There were a few logistical issues I had. I won't get into them, so as not to spoil the plot, but they took me out of a spot or two. Generally, it's a well written plot with a couple nice twists.*The director does make one styllistic choice a few times, once being right at the end, that the audience I was in did not like. But I was fine with it. I noticed it early on, thought it was interesting, and while it's not how I'dve ended, I was cool with it. Again I won't get into it for spoiler reasons. But if anyone else sees it, I'm open to discussion.*I'd give it a mid 80s. Could've been really good if they tightened up a couple plot flaws and blew out Gylenhaal's detective Loki. But it was already 2+ hours.*Definitely worth checking out, particularly for a soft late summer.****